Friday, December 28, 2012

make this new year different?...

we have
been looking here at some emotions from our past that hurt us in our present but
now we are headed to a new year, 2013.

is it
me or are our calendars speeding up?if
you’re an average american, using a clock is an illustration of how many years
you have left in your life. if you’re 22 years old, it’s 8:20 in the morning.
if you’re 32 years old (based on life expectancies) it’s 11:20 in the morning
and you have 2,122 weeks left. if you’re 42, its 3:20 in the afternoon.if you’re 52 it’s 6:20 p.m.you have 1,092 weeks.

the
point is, whatever you’re going to do with your life you’d better get on it
because time is running out.the other
point is, if you’re not doing something with your life it really doesn’t matter
how many days you’ve got left anyway.

so what
are you going to do with 2013?how will
this year be any different?how many of
you would like ‘13 to be better than ‘12?

for
many last year was a tough year.it was
a year of challenges, a year of choices.it was a year of changes.it was
a year of some crises.the fact is for
some of you ‘12 was a disappointment.for some of you, you experienced a loss, maybe you lost a loved
one.maybe for some of you ’12 was a
year of a failure.

but the
good news is this: this next month we get to start over.GOD brings us life in bite sized pieces, in
hours and days and months.every year HE
just says, let’s wipe the slate clean and let’s start with a brand new
year.it’s like starting over.and that’s good news.

so how
will ‘13 be better than ‘12?the key is
this, you’ve got to have a plan.you don’t
just enter ‘13 and say, “i hope it’s going to be better.”you’ve got to have a plan to make it
better.

proverbs
17.24 (gnt), an intelligent person aims at wise actions, but a fool starts
off in many directions.

for
many of us that describes ‘12.we were
headed off in many directions.notice
the word, aims. that means they have
a goal, an objective, an aim, a target.have you set any goals for ‘13?or are you just going to walk into this year and hope it’s better?you’ve got to have a plan.